Kate Bush to play first live shows in 35 years
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Kate Bush to play first live shows in 35 years

KATE BUSH will play her first series of shows since 1979 with a run of 15 shows in London over August and September.

Bush – who is second-generation Irish - will perform all of her Before the Dawn series of shows at London’s Eventim Apollo starting on August 26.

Announcing the news on her website, the singer said: “I hope you will be able to join us and I look forward to seeing you there.”

Famously, Bush has only toured once before, during a six-week jaunt around Britain and mainland Europe.

Theories to explain her absence from the tour circuit have included a fear of flying, perfectionism and the death of her lighting director, Bill Duffield, who was killed in an accident during a 1979 concert at Poole Arts Centre.

Bush, who has roots in Co Waterford, last released an album in 2011, the Brit-nominated 50 Words For Snow.

It was only her third album of new material in 18 years - and the singer admitted that her slow work rate was "extremely stressful".

Tickets go on sale at 9:30am on Friday, 28 March.